'Syndrome' definitions:
Definition of 'syndrome'
(from WordNet)
noun
A complex of concurrent things; "every word has a syndrome of meanings"
noun
A pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
Definition of 'Syndrome'
From: GCIDE
- Syndrome \Syn"dro*me\, n. [NL., from Gr. ?; sy`n with + ? a course, a running.]
- 1. Concurrence. [R.] --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Med.) A group of symptoms occurring together that are characteristic and indicative of some underlying cause, such as a disease. [1913 Webster]
- 3. generally, a pattern of characteristics or behaviors occurring together, that are sufficiently common and distinctive to indicate that they are due to a known cause. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'syndrome'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abnormality,
- acute disease,
- affection,
- affliction,
- ailment,
- allergic disease,
- allergy,
- atrophy,
- bacterial disease,
- birth defect,
- blight,
- cardiovascular disease,
- chronic disease,
- circulatory disease,
- complaint,
- complication,
- condition,
- congenital defect,
- defect,
- deficiency disease,
- deformity,
- degenerative disease,
- disability,
- disease,
- disorder,
- distemper,
- endemic,
- endemic disease,
- endocrine disease,
- epidemic disease,
- functional disease,
- fungus disease,
- gastrointestinal disease,
- genetic disease,
- handicap,
- hereditary disease,
- iatrogenic disease,
- ill,
- illness,
- indisposition,
- infectious disease,
- infirmity,
- malady,
- malaise,
- morbidity,
- morbus,
- muscular disease,
- neurological disease,
- nutritional disease,
- occupational disease,
- organic disease,
- pandemic disease,
- pathological condition,
- pathology,
- plant disease,
- protozoan disease,
- psychosomatic disease,
- respiratory disease,
- rockiness,
- secondary disease,
- seediness,
- sickishness,
- sickness,
- signs,
- symptomatology,
- symptomology,
- symptoms,
- the pip,
- urogenital disease,
- virus disease,
- wasting disease,
- worm disease
Words containing 'Syndrome'
- Down syndrome,
- Down's syndrome,
- addison's syndrome,
- asperger's syndrome,
- banti's syndrome,
- conn's syndrome,
- cushing's syndrome,
- ekbom syndrome,
- fallot's syndrome,
- horner's syndrome,
- hurler's syndrome,
- hyperkinetic syndrome,
- kallman's syndrome,
- klinefelter syndrome,
- klinefelter's syndrome,
- korsakoff's syndrome,
- korsakov's syndrome,
- malabsorption syndrome,
- marfan's syndrome,
- munchausen syndrome,
- munchausen's syndrome,
- myasthenic syndrome,
- nephrotic syndrome,
- noonan's syndrome,
- parkinson's syndrome,
- premenstrual syndrome,
- radiation syndrome,
- reiter's syndrome,
- reye's syndrome,
- scalenus syndrome,
- tietze's syndrome,
- tourette's syndrome,
- turner's syndrome,
- williams syndrome,
- carpal tunnel syndrome,
- cervical disc syndrome,
- cervical root syndrome,
- chinese restaurant syndrome,
- fetal alcohol syndrome,
- gulf war syndrome,
- irritable bowel syndrome,
- organic brain syndrome,
- phantom limb syndrome,
- ramsay hunt syndrome,
- respiratory distress syndrome,
- restless legs syndrome,
- thoracic outlet syndrome,
- toxic shock syndrome,
- trisomy 21 syndrome,
- xxy-syndrome,
- acquired immune deficiency syndrome,
- acute organic brain syndrome,
- adams-stokes syndrome,
- adult respiratory distress syndrome,
- binge-eating syndrome,
- binge-purge syndrome,
- binge-vomit syndrome,
- eaton-lambert syndrome,
- guillain-barre syndrome,
- lambert-eaton syndrome,
- mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome,
- respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn,
- severe acute respiratory syndrome,
- stokes-adams syndrome,
- sudden infant death syndrome,
- waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome,
- zollinger-ellison syndrome,
- gilles de la tourette syndrome